COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There were six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in El Dorado County on Friday, all in the Lake Tahoe region. Five of them are from the same household and are contacts to a known case. The new cases are two male, four female, two under the age of 17, the rest are in the 18-49-year-old range.

There were no new hospitalizations Friday, leaving one confirmed case in the hospital, one in the ICU.

Four new recoveries are being reported, bringing that total to 65. There are 25 active cases remaining.

104 new tests were given with a total of 6.059 residents being tested for COVID-19.

There have been 36 cases in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 2 (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)
El Dorado Hills - 20 (Zip Code 95762)
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 11 (Zip codes 95623, 95619)
North County - 3 (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)
Greater Placerville - 7 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)
Cameron Park, Shingle Springs - 7 (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 4 (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 36 (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Quad-Counties - Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Lyon

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting five new positive cases and four additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 187 with 138 recoveries and five deaths, 44 cases remain active.

The new cases are:
• A female Carson City resident in her 50’s
• A female Lyon County resident in her 50’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 50’s
• A male Lyon County resident under the age of 18
• A male Lyon County resident under the age of 18

Carson City Health and Human Services is working to identify close risk contacts to prevent further spread of the disease. Due to medical privacy requirements and to protect their identity, no further information about the cases will be released.

Carson City
-95 Total
-26 Active
-65 Recovered
-4 Deaths

Douglas County
-30 Total
-5 Active
-25 Recovered

Lyon County
-61 Total
-13 Active
-47 Recovered
- 1 Death

Storey County
-1 Total
-0 Active
-1 Recovery

TOTAL
-187 Total Cases
-44 Active
-138 Recovered
-5 Deaths
-3 Hospitalizations

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting four additional COVID-19-related deaths in Washoe County. The deceased are:

A male in his 60s and it is under investigation if there were underlying health conditions
A female in her 80s with underlying health conditions
A female in her 80s with underlying health conditions
A female in her 80s with underlying health conditions

There are 59 COVID-19-related deaths in Washoe County. The four COVID-19-related deaths is the most reported in one day in Washoe County.

In addition, there were 22 additional recoveries and 17 new cases of COVID-19 in Washoe County.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 1,531 (+17 from 5/28)
Deaths: 59 (+4)
Recoveries: 856 (+22)
Active cases: 616 (-9)
Currently hospitalized: 59 (-1)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 127 (+3)

Total number of COVID-19 tests performed in Washoe County as of May 29, 2020
Total number of COVID-19 tests performed in Washoe County: 25,092 (+1,160 since 5/28)
Note: These figures are provided by the State of Nevada and can be found on the State Dashboard. COVID-19 tests may include non-Washoe County residents who were tested in Washoe County.

Hospital bed and ventilator information
According to the Nevada Hospital Association, in Washoe County as of May 28, 2020:

70 percent of all staffed short-term, acute-care hospital beds are occupied (-1 since May 27)
54 percent of the all Intensive Care Unit beds are occupied (+3%)
13 percent of all ventilators are in use (+1%)
NOTE: Numbers are for all hospital patients in Washoe County and not just COVID-19 patients.

Placer County

There have been five new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Thursday.

199 cases (+5) with 18 (+0) in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 6 (+1) with 3 (+0) in ICU
Deaths - 9 (+0)
Negative test results - 10,698 (+268)

Alpine County

There have been no changes to the County's numbers since May 20.

Number Patients Tested - 13
Negative - 11
Pending - 0
Positive - 2 (one a non-Alpine County Resident)
Hospitalized - 0
Deaths - 0
Recovered - 1

Nevada County

Nevada County numbers have not changed since 5/22/20.

Confirmed cases - 41 with 29 in the East County (Truckee)
Recovered - 40 (+0)
Active Cases - 0
Deaths - 1
Patients tested - 2.857 (+668)